João Paulo dos Santos Fernandes

Bacharel, Mestre e Doutor em Farmácia, na área de Química Farmacêutica Medicinal, João Paulo S. Fernandes é docente em dedicação exclusiva da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp) desde 2013, onde atua no curso de graduação em Farmácia e nos programas de pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas (atualmente coordenador do programa) e Medicina Translacional. Desenvolve projetos de pesquisa de utilizando a abordagem multialvo para o planejamento de novos compostos bioativos no sistema nervoso central, na inflamação e em doenças infecciosas/negligenciadas. É sócio efetivo da European Histamine Research Society (EHRS), da Associação Brasileira de Ciências Farmacêuticas (ABCF) e da Sociedade Brasileira de Química (SBQ). Lidera o grupo de Síntese de Moléculas Bioativas (SiMBio), do Laboratório de Insumos Naturais e Sintéticos (LINS) da Unifesp.

João Paulo dos Santos Fernandes holds a BS in Pharmacy from Guarulhos University (2003). He got his MSc degree at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo (2006) in #8203;#8203;Medicinal Chemistry, working on prodrugs with tuberculostatic activity, and his PhD degree in the same University (FCF / USP - 2012) working on synthesis and development of histaminergic and serotonin receptor ligands. He has worked in several universities in São Paulo, and currently is full-time professor at Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), dedicated to Medicinal Chemistry in the Pharmacy course as well as graduate programs in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Translational Medicine.Develops research projects with design, synthesis and evaluation of novel bioactive compounds in the central nervous system, inflammatory and infectious/neglected diseases. Member of the European Histamine Research Society (EHRS) and Brazilian Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (ABCF). He is referee of several international journals and member of the editorial board of the journals Pharmaceutics and Journal of Tuberculosis Research. He heads the group of Synthesis of Bioactive Molecules (SiMBio), from the Laboratory of Natural and Synthetic Inputs (LINS) of UNIFESP.